Special thanks to grimjaw for supporting this test in full.
Cartridge : Brown Bear 203gr JSP
Rifle : Mosin Nagant M44 carbine with 20.5" barrel length
Block calibration : All depths corrected (From 9.0cm @ 584 ft/sec)
Single shot fired from 10' distance. Impacted at 2251 ft/sec and penetrated to 14.2". Two
fragments of 6.2gr and 13.9gr penetrated to 12.6" (uncorrected) and 12.8" (uncorrected)
respectively.
Bullet was recovered at 127.3gr weight and 0.808" average diameter.
Cartridge : Brown Bear 203gr JSP
Rifle : Mosin Nagant M44 carbine with 20.5" barrel length
Block calibration : All depths corrected (From 9.0cm @ 584 ft/sec)
Single shot fired from 10' distance. Impacted at 2251 ft/sec and penetrated to 14.2". Two
fragments of 6.2gr and 13.9gr penetrated to 12.6" (uncorrected) and 12.8" (uncorrected)
respectively.
Bullet was recovered at 127.3gr weight and 0.808" average diameter.